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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
May. 17, 2011
James G. Reisman, Princeton, NJ (US);
Christophe Chefd'hotel, Jersey City, NJ (US);
James G. Reisman, Princeton, NJ (US);
Christophe Chefd'hotel, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A method for generating a pseudo-computed tomography (CT) image volume includes acquiring a first magnetic resonance (MR) image volume (UTE) using an ultra-short echo time and acquiring a second MR image volume (UTE) using a conventional echo time that is longer than the ultra-short echo time. The acquired UTEand UTEimage volumes are normalized. A mask for an anatomical structure featured in the normalized UTEand UTEimage volumes is created and bone regions are segmented from the normalized UTEand UTEimage volumes using the created mask and one or more trained classifiers. A pseudo-CT image is constructed from the normalized UTEand UTEimage volumes, the created mask, and the segmented bone regions.